The officer shouted the phrase at a bunch of triggered students on election night. Hero.
The College Fix reports:
U. Virginia police officer shouts ‘Make America great again,’ forced to resign
A University of Virginia police officer has resigned for “abuse of a PA system” after he shouted “Make America great again” at students on election night.
According to The Cavalier Daily, student protesters who intruded on a Board of Visitors meeting back on the 11th included a demand for the firing of three officers allegedly associated with the public address “abuse,” and wanted a “re-evaluation of […] tuition dollars going to the University Police Department.”
A university investigation found only one officer violated PA protocols.
From the article:
“We believe any reasonable person would conclude that the inappropriate use of the PA system undermines the [University Police] Department’s goals and objectives and is detrimental to the department’s operation and the efficiency of the department,” a joint statement from Pat Hogan, University executive vice president and chief operating officer, and University Chief of Police Michael Gibson read.
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Wow. Forced to resign over saying “make America great again”?
UVA needs to reconsider this.
If he said it as a non-violent way to disperse a disruptive crowd by sending them scurrying to their “safe spaces”, then maybe it was a pretty good tactic.
Reprimand? Yes. Firing? No. Way out of line, UVA. Control your students. The inmates are running the asylum again.